Blacking-case



(No Model.)

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- BLAGKING CASE. No. 353,969. Patented Deo. 7, 1886.

C 'ummu www UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo FDVARD R. ROEHM, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BLACKlNG-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,969, dated December 7, 1886.

Application filed February 25, 1886. Serial No. 193,133.

T0 all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that l, EDWARD R. BOEHM, of Detroit, in the county ot' Vayne and State of Michigam have invented new and useful Improvements in Blacking-Cases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in blaeking,` cases, and is designed as an improvement upon the construction shown in the Patent No. 296,198. In this construction no provision is made for the collection or ready removal of the dust and dirt brushed off the shoes. The dirt brushed off the shoes falls upon the door, which when closed deposits suchY dirt onto the flat bottom of the box, where it either in terferes with the future opening of the door or is very apt to be shaken or pushed ott' onto the floor. I avoid this objection by providing my box with a compartment below the bottom of the door, one side wall of which compartment is inclined, as shown, and by making said inclined side removable, in order that the accumulated dirt in said compartment may be readily removed when desired.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is aperspective view of my device ready for use. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section with the door closed.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A represents a suitable box or pocket, which is designed to be secured to the wall or to'a door, so that when the door or cover B is opened it will be at a convenient height to form a rest for the footin blacking the boots. This door (No model.)

B is pivotally hung, as at a, between the side walls ofthe box at a point below its center, so that when in a horizontal position its lower end will turn beneath the shelf' C and be held in such horizontal position by its own weight. Upon this shelf C the box of blaeking may be put, while above it are provided suitable hooks upon which to hang the brushes. To provide a compartment, E, below 4the bottom of the doorfor the collection of dust removed from the shoes, I extend the back of the box u a short distance below the bottom of the front and connect thc same by means of theinclined bottom D, which is made movable, working in guides in the side walls of the box. By this construction the dirt collected in the compartment E can in no way interfere with the opening or closing` of the door, and the dirt can be readily removed from said compartment by withdrawing the slide D, as will be understood.

' Vhat I claim as new is The blacking-case described, composed of the box A and the shelf C therein, and the door B, pivoted between the side walls ot' said box at a point below its center and below said shelf, the back of said box being extended below the bottom of the front side and below the bottom of the door to form the compartment E, extending below the bottom of said door, and the inclined movable front D to said compartment working in guides in the side walls of said box, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

EDWARD R. ROEHM. vVitnessesz H. S. Sinn-teun, EDMoND SCULLY. 

